IT was the race of the century, the showdown of all time. It was known in horseracing circles as “the Great Match”, and it was so great that it drew the largest crowd at York’s Knavesmire – up to 150,000 people – since murderer Eugene Aram, guilty of killing his co-conspirator in the great Knaresborough shoe swindle, had been publicly executed there 91 years earlier. It was held on May 31, 1851, and it pitted The Flying Dutchman of Middleham against Voltigeur of Richmond, the two greatest racehorses of the day, and although Voltigeur lost, he still has a grand gate in a triumphal arch in his honour to this day.
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A former berry farm is cleared in January to make way for a three-storey retirement village on Blenheim’s Old Renwick Rd, but a neighbour past the southern boundary fears the loss of privacy.
A retired doctor has refused to provide written consent for a retirement village to be built next door, in a bid to preserve his rural refuge of 40 years. Summerset bought the former Jones Berry Fruits property on Blenheim’s northwestern edge in 2019, and filed a resource consent application in December to build a $125 million village with 267 villas, cottages and units over four years, tipped to have a tangible effect on the town’s congested housing market.
Veterans returned to Richard s Coffee Shop Thursday.
It was Thursday, and the parking lot was filled, laughter could be heard in the building and the room buzzed with the excitement as those inside were seeing one another after 13 months of being separated. This was the scene at Richardâs Coffee Shop in downtown Mooresville, exactly one year and one month since the pandemic caused them to cease gathering.
Smiles were evident on the faces as veterans and family members returned. Shouts of greetings could be heard and soon each took their places at the tables and were able to catch up and fellowship with their comrades-in-arms. Free coffee was available, and food was provided by the Blue Star Mothers, who normally feed those who gather every Thursday before a holiday. This was a âwelcome back eventâ the ladies said.
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